Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Obersdorf, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 205229
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205229.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Obersdorf, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Schöne Freundschaft Mine
Silberquelle Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite	Meneghinite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	hauchecornite

Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*
Galena ()*	Hauchecornite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: As Ba Bi C Cu Fe Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba Ni O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Coronadite Meneghinite Millerite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite hauchecornite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	405	270	0		11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	405	270	1	60894	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	405	270	1	60894	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	1	60894	27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	405	270	1	60894	227
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	405	270	2	60894,60895	24243
Hauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiSbS₈	405	270	1	60895	27
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	405	270	1	60894	158
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	405	270	1	60895	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	405	270	0		767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	2	60894,60895	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	2	60894,60895	61156
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	405	270	1	60894	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	2	60894,60895	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	2	60894,60895	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	405	270	1	60894	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	405	270	1	60894	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	405	270	1	60895	293

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Emily000555	405	270	Variscan							Yes		Siderite	Pb, Zn	1816	Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Siegerland	Wagner et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00067-1	AP17_225

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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